The first thing which caught Shikera's eyes as the facemask left Ethan's face, was his thin pink lips. If his other facial features gave him the masculine sort of beauty, his lips argued against it.
Struggling hard to tear her eyes away from his lips, she brought them up to his hair. His silky jet black hair reminded her of one of her female senior's hair back in high school. That senior had been very proud of the hair and Shikera was cock sure Ethan would too.
His eyes, nose, ear, eyebrows and eyelashes basically screamed elegance and beauty that Shikera was ashamed of all the idols she had held dear to her heart previously. None of them was as handsome as her husband. If only he would put a smile on that face now…
As if he could hear Shikera's thought, a wide grin came to settle on Ethan's lips, shocking Shikera out of her wits.
This was a smile but it seemed kind of eerie to her, as if it held a warning.
Shikera eyes snapped away from his face as she turned to her father.
"I will be alright Daddy. You should leave for the airport now so you can get there a day earlier. Call me when you can so I can get to see your handsome face."
Her father didn't reply, instead he turned to look at Ethan, an expectant gaze in his eyes.
"I will take care of her as long as she stays cooperative. The moment she breaches the contract, I don't think I need to explain what happens." Ethan said, standing up immediately. He turned to Shikera.
"I take it that Miss Anderson will be returning to her workplace now. "
Shikera nodded.
" My assistant will be there to pick you up by 6. Make sure the leeches don't get in his way." With that, he made his way out of the private room.
The senior Mr DeLoach stood up too and walked around the table towards Liam who had also stood up to meet him halfway.
Chris extended his hands for a handshake but Liam drew him in for a hug instead.
"Did you tell her anything?" The latter whispered.
"Considering how much you pamper your princess, I couldn't dare." Chris replied.
Liam released him and watched as he walked out before turning to his daughter who was suspiciously smiling brightly at him.
"Princess." He called, opening his arms for a hug.
Shikera didn't dissapoint him as she ran straight into his arms. Within a minute,she withdrew from the hug and her father kissed her on her forehead.
"Only for a year, Princess. If Noah happens to come home, tell him to visit Attorney Leigh."
"Yes daddy. My lunch break has been over for 30 minutes now so if you don't want your daughter to get fired, let me be on my way. Bye Dad." She turned to leave but he stopped her.
"If it gets too hard, just quit. You know I'll support you no matter the profession you choose."
"Yes Dad." She didn't bother to wait any longer as she walked out of the room. Outside the door, she met her father's secretary with the contract which Attorney Leigh had been holding earlier.
She walked closer to the secretary.
"Will you be going with my father?" She asked.
Seeing the secretary nod, she turned back to look at the room she just came out from.
"Take care of my father. And…if anything goes wrong, don't listen to whatever my father says and give me a call."
She didn't wait for an answer before walking away. She had to go somewhere to let the tears drop.
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"Shikeraaa!!!"
Hearing her name being screamed by one of her mortal enemies, Shikera hurriedly splashed water on her face before running out of the restroom.
She walked straight to the desk of the culprit, her team leader.
"Team leader, I am here." She said.
The team leader looked her up and down as if to determine where she was coming from. Seemingly not getting a clue, she decided to ask.
"Where have you been for the past one hour since your lunch break ended?"
"I went for lunch with my father and I didn't watch the time. It won't happen again."
The team leader scoffed, raising her voice, "Your father? Why should I care if you went for lunch with your father or your grandmother? Of course, I should…if you're from one of the Mega families but bingo! You aren't."
Shikera was used to this so it didn't bother her one bit.
"Did you call me for this, ma'am?"
"Of course not. Get your ass over to the Anderson Corp. Ethan DeLoach's car was spotted around there."
" Ethan DeLoach? I don't think…"
"I don't care what you think. Go there now!"
Shikera turned to leave but a hand tugged her cloth. It was her team leader…again.
"Miss Anderson, don't get hungry for promotion and misbehave at The Anderson Corp, alright?"
"Yes Team Leader." Shikera nodded. How could she misbehave at her father's company.
She turned to leave again and was happy that no one stopped her now. However, her happiness came too early as the team leader still had something to say.
"Since you came back from lunch late, the bus can't be dispatched for you alone. Get a taxi, only people with personal cars have the luxury of coming back from lunch break late."
"Yes ma'am!" Shikera yelled back without turning.
Her phone pinged and she brought it out from her pocket. Her father had sent her a soft copy of the marriage contract.
Since she did not really read it before signing and she also knew Ethan DeLoach wasn't in Anderson Corp, she decided to go to her car and read the contract instead.
In a few minutes, she was in the garage and in her car. Though she knew almost all the reporters would have gone to Anderson Corp, she still looked around before getting into it. Very few knew she had her own personal car and there was no scarier beings than Reporters.
Finally, she took her phone out and started reading it.
"WHAT THE F**CK!" She cursed as she read the first clause.
She must obey the rules her husband set? Like she? Shikera Anderson?
The next one got her quiet as her head fell back on the car seat.
"Why the hell does he like going the extra mile for me?" She murmured.
"Party A (Anderson) has to eat only what Party B (DeLoach) allows her to."
Tears welled up in her eyes as her mind reeled back to earlier in the day when she had been alone with Ethan DeLoach's father.
"Then you're selfish." The older Mr DeLoach had said.
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